healing

  • “Comparison is the thief of joy.” It’s an old adage but its longevity may be due, not only to its truth, but also at least in part to its broad applicability. Most people make comparisons of something they feel they lack to something of someone else’s that they feel is in abundance. Or, they may…

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  • As a preface to this post, I should say that I don’t like to refer to the people I work with in therapy as patients or clients. Patient is typically associated with a medical context and we have free healthcare here in Canada, so client doesn’t make sense for that. However, I don’t use client…

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  • There is a lot that can be said about emotions. Heck, there is a lot that should be said about emotions and I will very likely muse about them again sometime in the future. But, for today, I want to focus on how most people typically feel about emotions and how I approach emotion work…

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